“I believe in the creativity of young Africans. Making the tools of filmmaking more accessible means enabling a new generation to share their personal reality with a voice and a perspective of their own.”
Nicolò Bongiorno is a director, screenwriter and producer. Trained at New York University and The New School, he has worked alongside Woody Allen, Wim Wenders and Dario Argento. Since 1997, he directed multiple award-winning historical and environmental documentaries. He has taught at the Università Cattolica in Milan, at IULM University and at several other schools. He has worked in Africa on several occasions: in Mozambique with Cinemovel, and in Eritrea, where he shot
A Tribute to Petros (2026) and is developing Adulis Project.